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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniel Kalder is from Scotland, but lived in Russia for several years and discovered that at heart he's an anti-tourist.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

With food insecurity growing around the globe, the unpredictabilities of climate change and population growth booming... what will we eat in the future? Jonathan Foley heads the Global Landscape Initiative at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment. 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Brooks tells Steve Paulson the old ways of schools need to change.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Leslie Jamison bookmarks "Orphans" by Charles D'Ambrosio.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cornel West and Tavis Smiley take on the mainstream media and the political establishment.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

We hear an excerpt from David Isay’s documentary about the traditional gospel quartets of Jefferson County, Alabama.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif tells Steve Paulson about the minimal lasting impact of the British occupation of her country, and why she lives and writes in Britain.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In 2011, as Hurricane Irene made landfall in New York City, poet Edward Hirsch learned that his 22-year old son Gabriel had died from a bad drug reaction and subsequent seizure. Later, Hirsch composed “Gabriel,” a book-length elegy poem about his relationship with his son, and his loss.

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